Welcome to the
Photothermal Techniques and Optical Spectroscopy Laboratory
Our research group work with the development of theoretical and computational models involving the interaction of light with matter. As well as, the experimental validation of the proposed models and application in the characterization of liquid and solid materials.
Research Activity Overview:
- Experimental and theoretical study of the effects of optical forces in solids and liquids.
- Development of analytical models considering the effect of sample–fluid heat coupling in photothermal techniques;
- Application of photothermal techniques for thermal, optical and mechanical characterization of glass, polymers, metals and semiconductors;
- Investigation, through spectroscopic techniques, of biofuels,edible oils, and photosensitive dyes used in photodynamic therapy.
- Optically active materials for the development of spectral converters.
- Sustainability and life cycle of materials and their devices.
- Instrumentation for Physics Teaching.
Researchers
Professor of Physics
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Dr. Gustavo Lukasievicz obtained his BS, MSc, and PhD in Physics in 2009, 2011, and 2014, respectively, in the Department of Physics at Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2014 in the same department. From 2012-2013, during the doctorate, he was a visiting scholar in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Utah State University, USA. He became Professor at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná in 2014. Dr. Lukasievicz is interested in light-materials interactions, focusing on the effects of optical forces in matter and photothermal phenomena.
Professor of Physics
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Dr. Leandro Herculano obtained his BS, MSc, and PhD in Physics in 2009, 2011, and 2013, respectively, in the Department of Physics at Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2014 in the same department. He became Professor at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná in 2014. He has experience in condensed matter physics, with emphasis on theoretical and experimental investigation of photothermal techniques applied to the study of photochemical reactions, mass diffusion processes in liquids and characterization of the thermal, optical and mechanical properties of non-crystalline solids.
Professor of Physics
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Dra. Elizandra Sehn obtained her BS, MSc, and PhD in Physics in 2003, 2006, and 2009, respectively, in the Department of Physics at Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2009 in the same department. She became Professor at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná in 2010. Dra. Sehn has experience in photoacoustic and thermal lens spectroscopy for characterization of biological materials.
Professor of Physics
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Dr. Marcos Paulo Belançon obtained his BS, MSc, and PhD in Physics in 2007, 2009, and 2012, respectively, in the Department of Physics at Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2013 in Universidade Estadual de Campinas and in 2015 in Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UPMC, France. He became Professor at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná in 2013. He has experience in modeling photothermal experiments and in the computational treatment of the data. He is interested in the production of solar energy, in the electric (photovoltaic) and thermal (solar collectors) forms.
Professor of Physics
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Dr. Marcelo Sandrini obtained his BS, MSc, and PhD in Physics in 2009, 2012, and 2016, respectively, in the Department of Physics at Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2017 and 2018 in the same department. In 2015, during the doctorate, he was a visiting scholar in the Institut Lumière Matière na Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France). He became Professor at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná in 2019. He has experience in condensed matter physics, with emphasis on theoretical and experimental studies of spectroscopic properties of glass systems doped with rare earth ions and transition metals.
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